Guitar Quartet Competes at GFA Event
The Chapman Guitar Quartet will be competing in the International Guitar Ensemble Competition sponsored by the Guitar Foundation of America. The inaugural event will…
College of Performing Arts
College of Performing Arts announces 10th Anniversary Performance Season
Chapman University’s 2017-18 academic year marks the thrilling tenth anniversary of the formation of the College of Performing Arts! To mark this great milestone, several special CoPA 10th…
Department of Dance gains new faculty member Wilson Mendieta
The College of Performing Arts has added Wilson Mendieta to the Department of Dance faculty beginning with the 2017-18 academic year. Mendieta joins Chapman…
CoPA welcomes Nick Gabriel to Department of Theatre
The College of Performing Arts announces the addition of Nick Gabriel as a full-time tenure-track faculty to the Department of Theatre. As a resident…
CoPA theatre alumna writes feature thriller "M.F.A." Timely film debuts at SXSW Festival this week.
Department of Theatre alumna and actress/singer/writer Leah McKendrick’s film M.F.A. made its debut this week at the SXSW (South by South West) Festival in…
The Legend of the Pinball Wizard
The Who’s Tommy reaches deep and leaves no element of heartbreak unexplored in its tale of self-discovery and familial reconciliation. It is a challenging musical for…
CoPA promises a rocking good ‘Tommy’ and a new Wizard to watch
Of course, Pinball Wizard is his favorite number. Never mind that it’s hard to keep a straight face as an absurdly-costumed cast prances around…
Chapman Theatre Students Participate in National Initiative
As of late, many students and artists have been wondering what they can do to make their voices, and the voices of others, heard.…
'Intimate Apparel' by Lynn Nottage opens Dec. 1 in Waltmar Theatre
The smoothness of the finest white satin. The warm black skin of her husband. A stash of savings sewn into a hem. These are…
A view of ‘this society we live in,’ conveyed in dance
Surrounded by small piles of dark sweaters and jackets, 21 Chapman University student dancers swirl around the floor at the Partridge Dance Center. Despite…
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Dr. Christopher J. Nicholas , Director of Bands, Woodwinds and Brass Studies in Chapman’s Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, recently returned from a week-long conducting…
LA Opera "AKHNATEN" director Phelim McDermott visits CoPA
LA Opera – Akhnaten On Sunday, November 6, renowned British theatre director Phelim McDermott spent 90 minutes with Dr. Theresa Dudeck and her…